Indigenous writer, director and actor Wayne Blair reflects on the creative process, first season success of Redfern Now and getting back on the starting blocks for a second season, set to premiere this week.

"You can be of any persuasion, any colour, but if you've been in a family, if you have love, loss, hope, whatever - you can relate to it and it brings you back and gives you an influence of something else."

On Thursday night, the multi-award winning television series Redfern Now will return to household screens for a second season.

Discussing expectations of the production, its early success and the role of Indigenous storylines for Australian audiences, Wayne Blair joined 702 Breakfast to discuss his experience acting and directing for the series.

"I think the ABC had high hopes but I didn't think they had the amount of great feedback and awards that we have sort of taken along the way.

"We are all quietly excited but...we had the team from Black Fella Films, Jimmy McGovern, ABC and Screen Australia all on board. Those nice little surprises are really good."

After a successful first series, Wayne shared his thoughts on returning to a second season.

"Sometimes when you start off you're 20 yards behind but at the moment, we're at the starting block and we're ready to go and people are on our side already.

"When we were doing the second things, we were so much more relaxed. I've seen about five of the six episodes and I think, I'm quietly confident it's a little bit better than last season.

"It's better in the way that all directors and writers, with the catalyst of this guy Jimmy McGovern, that we're confident. If we're going to be confident, were confident in being either wrong or right, but hopefully we're confident in being right!"

Playing the role of Constable Aaron Davis, as part of the local police force based in Redfern, is one aspect of Wayne's involvement with the show - also directing episodes on the other side of the camera.

Does he think television and film audiences are reaching out for more Indigenous stories in Australia today?

"Over 30 years of hard work and, I suppose, there's another conversation about where we sit in the political environment in this country but for arguments sake with this drama, the product we're producing...Warwick (Thorton's) film coming out... we never had feature films coming out in this bountiful way..."

"With the element of this drama, Redfern Now - a drama written, directed and produced by all Indigenous people, we're at the starting blocks once again on an equal level, so people are starting to watch."

The future of Indigenous on screen talent

Asked about the next generation of actors set to take centre stage, Wayne said there was a new wave with plenty of promise.

"I've been in Sydney for 10-13 years and you always think of yourself as a young guy... but there's a new crop coming through and the product and the material is just really great, really strong but it's not what you expect."

"In the last 20 to 30 years, you expected things to hit you over the head or...but with these stories like Redfern Now, they're stories that just sort of bleed into you."

Tune in to 702 Sydney today for Richard Glover's live broadcast from the Block for the launch of Redfern Now Series 2 tonight.

For information on the event launch, which includes a free concert (performances by Gurrumul Yunupingu, Frank Yamma, Microwave Jenny and Brendan Kerin) and a screening to follow, visit Redfern Now online.